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Tag: Vilnius

0 Art History

A Rare View of Chagall’s Decorative Arts

Frances Brent in Moment · 25 Sep

Marc Chagall's latest exhibition in Vilnius, Lithuania, highlights his lesser-known work in decorative arts alongside Picasso and Max Ernst.

0 Holocaust History

Fania Brantsovsky, last living Vilna ghetto partisan resistance fighter, dies at 102

David I. Klein in JTA · 23 Sep

Fania Brantsovsky, the last surviving partisan of the Vilna ghetto, passed away at 102, marking the end of an era for Lithuanian Jewry.

0 History Holocaust

Archeologists uncover floor of the Great Synagogue of Vilna, destroyed by the Nazis and Soviets

Shira Bartov in JTA · 26 Jul

Archeologists have unearthed parts of the Great Synagogue of Vilna, the historic center of Lithuanian Jewish life destroyed by the Nazis and Soviets.

0 Holocaust History

Vilnius is celebrating its 700th anniversary. Lithuanian Jews are commemorating a darker one.

Emily Tamkin in Forward · 24 Sep 2023

Vilnius is celebrating its 700th anniversary, acknowledging its rich Jewish history as a former cultural powerhouse known as the Jerusalem of the North, with half the city being Jewish in the early 19th century.

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Season 4 of Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ filmed in a Lithuanian prison where Nazis jailed Jews

Philissa Cramer in Forward · 30 May 2022

Season 4 of Netflix's "Stranger Things" was filmed in Lukiks Prison in Vilnius, Lithuania, a notorious prison where Jews were imprisoned by the Nazis before being murdered.

0 Politics Communities

The IT Whiz in Charge of Bringing Down Putin

Vladislav Davidzon in Tablet · 11 Jan 2022

In recent years, Vilnius has become a safe haven for political exiles from Russia and Belarus, including opposition leaders like Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Alexei Navalny's confidante Leonid Volkov.

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Bringing Bagels Back to Vilnius

Wailana Kalama in Tablet · 13 Jan 2021

In the past, bagels were a popular snack in Vilnius, Lithuania, especially among the Jewish community.

0 Art History

Searching for Leonard Cohen

Frances Brent in Tablet · 11 Dec 2019

While visiting Vilnius, the author stumbles upon a life-size statue of Leonard Cohen in a courtyard, part of a series of public sculptures by Lithuanian artist Romualdas Kvintas.

0 Culture Jewish Law

Get Your (Scape)goat: Ep. 51

Unorthodox · 28 Jul 2016

In this episode of Unorthodox, the hosts discuss the controversial adaptation of a former concentration camp in Vilnius as a wedding venue, and engage with Muslim human rights lawyer Arsalan Iftikhar on combating Islamophobia.

0 Holocaust Politics

Get Your (Scape)goat: Ep. 51

Unorthodox · 28 Jul 2016

In episode 51 of "Get Your (Scape)goat," the podcast features Deena Gottlieb, a first-year reform rabbinical student, discussing her experiences in Israel and her path to becoming a reform rabbi.

0 Holocaust History

How the "Schindler of Vilnius" saved my life

Tel Aviv Review · 28 Dec 2015

Holocaust survivor Simon Malkes shares his story of being saved by Nazi officer Karl Plagge, whom he calls the "Schindler of Vilnius."